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Global trends 2025 by progressive management overdrive. Mar 01, 2010 this important government reportfrom the united states national intelligence council, which has been producing assessments of national security issues for senior u. The atlantic council is a nonpartisan organization that promotes constructive us leadership and engagement in international affairs based on the central role of the atlantic community in meeting todays global challenges. The global warming price tag in four impact areas, 2025 through 2100 will be hit especially hard, but no one will be exempt. Every four years since 1997, the national intelligence council has published an unclassified strategic assessment of how key trends and uncertainties might shape the world over the next 20 years to help senior us leaders think and plan for the longer term. Dec 10, 2012 the atlantic councils brent scowcroft center on international security will host a twoday conference launching the us national intelligence councils nic global trends 2030. Both the product and the process used to produce it benefited from lessons learned in previous iterations. This article has been reproduced in a new format and may be missing content or contain. A transformed world, was drafted by the national intelligence council to better inform u. This report, called global trends 2025, is a forecast prepared by u. The atlantic council of the united states and the stimson center were both important.
At a critical juncture inquiries regarding this report may be made to mathew burrows, counselor to the national intelligence council, on 703 4820741 and to the eu institute of security studies on 0033156891951. Global issue article 1 article 1 global trends 2025 a. Household budgets, as well as business balance sheets. The atlantic council of the us and the transatlantic policy network have been partners in supporting the project. Relative certainties a global multipolar system is emerging. It is not a good time to be along the atlantic seaboard, particularly in the.
Global trends reports, australian office of net assessments, and other institutions. Assessing global trends for 2025 the futurist, vol. It offers a fresh look at how key global trends might develop over the next 15 years to influence world events. Brands like adidas and nike do a great job of giving the consumer control of their own product designs, especially online. Given many possible futures, it offers a range of possibilities. Global trends 2025 the international system will be almost unrecognizable by 2025 owing to the rise of emerging powers, a globalizing economy, an historic transfer of relative wealth and economic power from west to east, and the growing influence of nonstate actors, says a publication of the atlantic council. Geopolitics, international relations, and the future of the.
The report is timed to be especially relevant for the. A transformed world see attachment respond on whether or not if you agree with the relative certainties expressed in the report. The talk portends that current and accelerating trends in business and society in iotiiot, automation and autonomy, especially in critical infrastructure systems, are setting up u. Alternative worlds,1 the transatlantic community is entering a new era in history that will pose a very different set of challenges and offer unprecedented opportunities. Today, he fears what is coming next and many of his. Governments and institutions will be tested by considerable challenges over the next decade as the international order is restructured and global trends converge all forms of government in every region will face increasing tensions both domestic and foreign.
The relative power of nonstate actors will increase. National intelligence council he international systemas constructed following the second world warwill be almost unrecogniyable by 2025 owing to the rise of emerging powers, a globalizing economy, a historic transfer of relative wealth and economic power from west to. Instead of american hegemony, it foresees a multipolar world, with china, india. Atlantic council shaping the global future together. Jun 14, 2015 global trends 2025 is the fourth installment in the national intelligence council led effort to identify key drivers and developments likely to shape world events a decade or more in the future. Central european journal of international and security studies, 1. The regional policy and power capabilities of jordan as a small state. The increasing influence of china is also a result of reduced engagement by the united states, which is focused on other global engagements. The authors note, however, that a crash program to develop reliable and clean energy would limit the need for countries to go to war over oil and similar resources, and stabilize many countries. Sandia national laboratories is a multiprogram laboratory managed and operated by sandia corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of lockheed martin corporation, for the u. Although the report is close to 40,000 words long, it contains a series of convenient textboxes which summarize the key predictions.
Nov 25, 2008 the nic report is titled global trends 2025. A transformed world pdf link makes for a freshly bracing reading. Reform of the global energy architecture i atlantic council b etween september and december 2016, the atlantic council convened a highlevel task force to examine the state of international energy governance, and to determine if and how the prevailing institutional regime could benefit from reform. The atlantic council s brent scowcroft center on international security will host a twoday conference launching the us national intelligence council s nic global trends 2030.
The highlevel conference will convene more than 150 participants from the. Every four years, a government think tank called the national intelligence council releases a document projecting the most relevant trends in politics, economics, and technology to discern what the world might look like 20 years from now. A world transformed and is available as a pdf document which you can download from a link at the end of the article. Search for a new normal, mathew burrows, director of the atlantic councils strategic foresight initiative and author of global trends 2030, analyzes geopolitical and technological trends to present five alternative futures based on how well global actors may respond, react, and adapt to growing uncertainty and change. Department of energys national nuclear security administration under contract deac0494al85000. This report is intended to stimulate thinking about the rapid and vast geopolitical changes characterizing the world today and. A pdf from a knowledgable author projecting global trends out to 2035. Kosovo war in perspective international affairs oxford. A transformed world, published in late 2008, noted that momentous change was ahead, with the gap between increasing disorder and weakening governance structures widening. It also could be the largest importer of natural resources and the biggest polluter.
Alternative worlds report and exploring its consequences for us strategy moving forward. Council suggested in its landmark 2012 report, global trends 2030. Nov 21, 2008 the report, global trends 2025, covers a range of strategic issues, including greatpower rivalry, demographics, climate change, terrorism, nuclear proliferation, energy and natural resources. Global trends track record the national intelligence councils global trends series has never pretended to be a modernday oracle, but it has held up better than other forecastspartly. This presentation, set in the year 2025, paints a picture of events going south very quickly in four of the worlds largest future cities. Global governancethe collective management of common problems at the international levelis at a critical juncture. For example, women as agents of geopolitical change. Based on interviews with business executives, civil society leaders and experts in different fields, the project investigates the key sustainability and. Contents more change than continuity alternative futures chapter 1. The atlantic council report provides an example of how globaltrends analysis can aid the development of comprehensive policy, and could serve as a useful model for latin american policymakers. See all 3 formats and editions hide other formats and editions.
The national intelligence councils nic 2025 global trends report deals with how key global trends might develop over the next 15 years to influence world events. National intelligence council to show how key global trends might develop over the next 15 years to influence world events. The atlantic council s global energy forum is the goto conference on the geopolitics of the energy transformation, where energy and foreign policy leaders come together to set the energy agenda for the year and examine the longerterm geopolitical and geoeconomic implications of the changing energy system. The following report was released december 10, 2012 by the national intelligence council a condensed version of the report is also available 1. The national intelligence council produced this report. A transformed world is the fourth unclassified report prepared by the national intelligence council nic in recent years that takes a longterm view of the future. European union institute for security studies, january 2006. In november 2008, the national intelligence council released a landmark study, global trends 2025. The national intelligence council s nic 2025 global trends report deals with how key global trends might develop over the next 15 years to influence world events. Although there is an element of instore customisation in certain stores, we believe by 2025 there will be a far greater level of product personalisation available instore.